The Psyatics, the Negative Nancys, the Scheissters at the Double Down, Saturday April 23, 2022

The Psyatics try to get to the Double Down every month or so - it is the local punk rock clubhouse, after all - and while we tried to get some LA friends (the Electric Ferrets) out here, that didn't work out but we still had Salt Lake City's Scheissters and local friends the Negative Nancys for a fun night out!

The Scheissters were on a short SW tour, bringing their odd brand of grunge-ish punk with some weirdness mixed in underneath kinda talking, jokey vocals, reminding me a little of a trashy MX80 Sound or something (with a very different take on the Yardbirds "For Your Love as the opening song)! Very unique, but with enough of a good backbeat (with Psyatics drummer Ron coming to the rescue yet again to help with a lost high-hat stand!) to fill up the floor with drunken dancers. The Don Rickles-like insults between the songs were a bit tiresome, but they hilariously kept introducing themselves (pronouncing their name like the German scheisse) with a big crescendo (which the Psyatics stole for our set, also) and managed to get plenty of audience interaction and a wacky start to the night.

I never quite know what to say about one of my own bands, but the Psyatics had a fun set playing old'n'new tunes while doing our best to travel the four corners of the club. We got a strong response to our weird'n'wooly sounds (what is it - punk, no wave, garage, etc.?), as well, and apparently enough new people saw us and picked up a number of our recordings! Good time all around - thanks to everyone who came out and supported!

(Psyatics photos by our pal, Nikki Ruffling, yet again!)

The Negative Nancys were good enough to fill in at the last minute and to play clean-up at the end of the night, although this evening there was still a good crowd for them who stuck around and filled the floor with shamblin', punk rock dancin'n'flirtations (kinda funny to watch multiple guys hitting on the same woman). They are now a co-ed combo with a strong rhythm section supporting their punk rock sounds with different flavors throughout the set with some cool guitar licks, bits of pop elements here'n'there and -always a good thing - a spelling song! Great way to end the eve!

As always, thanks to Ian and the Double Down for another night filled with more punk rock rowdiness!